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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-3637-1 Critical: WavPack DoS Issues

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Calendar Grey May 1, 2018
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Stay informed about WavPack vulnerabilities in Ubuntu affecting arbitrary code execution and denial of service; follow our guide to ensure system security and updates
Several security issues were fixed in WavPackXXX-APP-XXX.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in WavPackXXX-APP-XXX.

Software Description:

- wavpack: audio codec (lossy and lossless) - encoder and decoder

Details:

Thuan Pham,  Marcel Böhme, Andrew Santosa and Alexandru Razvan

Caciulescu discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain .wav

files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code or

cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10536, CVE-2018-10537)

Thuan Pham,  Marcel Böhme, Andrew Santosa and Alexandru Razvan

Caciulescu discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain .wav

files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of

service. (CVE-2018-10538, CVE-2018-10539, CVE-2018-10540)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update DoS Ubuntu system patch WavPack

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  wavpack                         5.1.0-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 17.10:
  wavpack                         5.1.0-2ubuntu0.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3637-1

  CVE-2018-10536, CVE-2018-10537, CVE-2018-10538, CVE-2018-10539,

  CVE-2018-10540

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April 30, 2018

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update DoS Ubuntu system patch WavPack

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/5.1.0-2ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/5.1.0-2ubuntu0.3

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